Bishops May Soften Pill Ban
Washington AP A group of dissident priests pressed the national Catholic hierarchy over Pope Paul VI's birth control ban. A proposed pastoral letter may shift birth control to a conscience issue for couples, possibly easing the ban. The dispute has sparked protests at the bishops conference hotel and drew priests from across the country, plus a counter protest by a civil engineer.
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Washington
Paul VI
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
John F. Dearden
Detroit
San Antonio
Seatle
U.S
Grand Jury Hears Nixon Plot Story
New York AP report says a mystery witness, a 4%-year old man with an Arabic name, described as an expert marksman, testified before a Brooklyn grand jury about an alleged plot to assassinate President elect Richard Nixon. Ahmed Rageh Namer and his sons Hussein and Abdo faced $100,000 bail on charges of murder conspiracy solicitation and weapons possession.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Brooklyn
Ahmed Rageh Namer
Hussein
Abd
Nixon
Corry Area Hires Search After Hanna Football Exit
The Corry Area Joint School Committee accepted the resignation of veteran football coach Loi Hanna effective immediately after a tense October meeting. The Athletic Committee recommended acceptance but urged full $800 coaching pay for this year, while Hanna seeks to keep the recreation director and athletic director posts. Contracts for those two roles run to August, with the joint committee planning to fill them when expired. The committee begins the search for a new head football coach at once.
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Corry Area
Loi Hanna
Hanna
Joseph Pitcavage
Columbus
Hana
Class Cutting Real Problem At CAHS Class Cutting Real Problem At CAHS
Corry Area High School faces a class cutting issue with a system aimed at curbing truancy. Superintendent Ray Elsen outlined steps to faculty showing roll calls, office mimeographs, and classroom checks to flag absent or present students. The program targets repeaters though not fully stopping the practice. A link to a fatal car crash last week prompted the discussion and a committee agenda item. Sirhan Sirhan goes on trial in Los Angeles December 9 for Kennedy assassination charges.
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Corry Area High School
Ray Elsen
Corry Area
Elsen
John Mohr
Sparta Merged Again Presses For Concession
A Sparta Merged Schools delegation asked the Corry Area Joint Committee for concessions to assure Sparta representation on the interim operating committee that will run the merged Corry and Sparta district starting next July. Rural directors fear loss of local autonomy, but previous talks show the rural voice remains active with attendance centers preserved.
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Sparta Merged
Corry Area
Corry
Spartansburg-Sparta
Sparta
Corry Area Jointure
John Mohr
Bitter Battle Over UC Buses In Bloomfield Township
Bloomfield School Board and Dr. David Hallstrom face bitter criticism over bus routing in Union City Area Joint School system. Residents accuse discrimination as elementary students are cut from township routes provoking threats and heated meetings.
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Bloomfield School Board
Union City
Jointure
David Hallstrom
Hallstrom
Union City Area Joint School Committee
Bloomfield Township
Nixon Mum On Preinaugural Viet Plans After Johnson Meeting
President-elect Richard Nixon, while pledging Johnson speaks for him on Vietnam, gave little away on a possible preinaugural diplomatic role. He arrived in New York after a White House meeting with Johnson, leaving questions about personal missions to Saigon or Paris. Johnson hinted at more talks before January 20 as both men stressed cautious, cooperative handling of Vietnam, the Middle East crisis, and U.S.-Soviet relations.
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Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Nixon
Johnson
White House
Saigon
Paris
Mideast
Ray's New Lawyer Seeks Trial Delay After Year-End
Memphis AP report states James Earl Ray’s new attorney Percy Foreman seeks postponement of the King assassination trial, likely until after January 1, as Foreman replaces Arthur Hanes just hours before the scheduled proceedings. The case stems from a rifle killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 4.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Percy Foreman
Ray
Martin Luther King
W. Preston Battle
Foreman
Arthur Hanes
Look Magazine
King
Hanes
Open Doors Of Schools To Public For National Education Week
Corry Area Jointure opens its schools to the public this week for National Education Week with the theme Lets Improve the Home School Partnership. Open house hours run 7 to 9 p.m. for most schools, with Columbus and Spring Creek on different days. Parents may visit during the day or in the evening to meet teachers and inspect buildings.
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Corry Area
Jointure
America
Ray Elsen
Columbus
Spring Creek
Girl, 6, Injured After Dash Into Car On Route B
Bonnie Rotthoff, six, of Wattsburg was hit on Route B near Union City while running to catch a school bus. She suffered bruises and is in St. Vincent's Hospital, Erie. The driver, Kathleen Henry, 19, Wattsburg, could not avoid the collision. state trooper Deutsch cautions pedestrians to look for oncoming traffic.
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Wattsburg
Uneion City
St. Vincent's Hospital
Erie
Bonnie
Richard Rotthoff
Richard Deutsch
Corry
No Charges Police Say Polk Patient Strangles Another
Polk State School and Hospital reports a 40 year old patient was murdered asleep by a fellow resident in a Lakeside Building dorm. The assailant 94 year old Peter G. Carter formerly of Allegheny County strangled Paul Ff. Dugan previously of Rochester, Pa between 3:45 and 4:45 a.m. Both men were in straightjackets and cloth bindings in a 72 bed dorm. Carter freed himself and strangled Dugan then tied a cloth gag before police intervened.
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Polk
Polk State School
Paul Ff. Dugan
Rochester
Peter G. Carter
Allegheny County
Lakeside
James H. McClelland Jr
Polk State School and Hospital
Carter
Dugan
Gan
Parked Car Rolls Free and Crashes Near Spartansburg
Parked car on a hill about four miles northwest of Spartansburg rolled down a grade into a field causing about 150 dollars in damage. Donald Proper Jr. 16, of Spartansburg had parked the car while hunting. Harold Watkins owns the vehicle. In a separate incident, 64-year-old Willard Tillotson and 17-year-old Paul Dill collided on Route 77 east of Spartansburg. No injuries. total damage about 800 dollars. Charges pending.
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Aear
Spartansburg
Corry
William Barbour
Robe
Donald Proper Jr
Barbour
Harold Watkins
Harold Eberhardt
Willard J. Tillotson
Paul J. Dill
Meadville
Tillotson
Dill Auto
Police May Face $1000 Pay Hike League Arbitration Nears
Pittsburgh police officers seek a wage increase to 1000 more annually, with sergeant William J. Cavanaugh of the Fraternal Order of Police saying an arbitration panel in New York last weekend is close to an agreement. Current pay stands at 7400 per year.
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